6 days ago
Let them take the ferry - Reader says Schengen Agreement would stop the boats
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The papers continue to report almost daily stories about the high numbers of Channel boat crossings.
It beggars belief that armed French police just watch as migrants board craft.
What is the point of them being armed if they are no deterrent? Perhaps they just have pistols and need machine guns to ward off the traffickers who may also be armed?! But we are paying them millions to prevent the boats leaving.
I strongly believe we should be in the Schengen Agreement – part of borderless Europe – and then these dangerous journeys would stop as people would be able to get here on ferries and trains.
And perhaps these people desperate to come to this country would find that the grass isn't greener over the other side of the Channel and return to continental Europe to find a country where the standard of living is higher.
In that way, they wouldn't have to spend thousands of euros and then feel that they are stuck here. Of course, Border Forces would have to do more of the checking of restaurants, car washes, nail bars and other workplaces that they already visit to check they aren't hiring illegal workers.
But all these massive sums spent on fruitlessly trying to stop many of the boats could be diverted, increasing the Border Forces operations in the UK. Penny Munden, Croydon
The director-general of the World Health Organization, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, reported on Tuesday this week that the Noura Al-Kaabi Kidney Dialysis Center in the north of Gaza is now 'a pile of rubble'.
This after it was apparently destroyed by the Israeli military. Dr Ghebreyesus added that 'the destruction of this health facility directly endangers the lives of patients with kidney failure'.
Assuming there was no military threat from the building, is there any reason why this destruction should be described as anything other than racist violence by the Israeli government? Kevin, Watford
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Are there any depths to which the Israeli government can sink in its genocide of the Palestinians for some people to stop saying, 'It's all the fault of Hamas'? I doubt it. Mick, West Midlands
My dad was a doctor in the 1940s. He would have morning surgery with no appointments, then go out on his rounds to see patients at their home. He came back for lunch, then it was out again in the afternoon to see patients, back for tea, then evening surgery. After that, he would be on call at night and many a time had to visit for emergencies. Somehow, I don't think doctors today would work that hard. S Rushworth, Southport
Richard Row (MetroTalk, Wed) defends Elon Musk's work slashing US government spending as drastic but necessary. What efficiencies did he make exactly? And he's left things in a 'better' position? For whom? All he did was take money from some of the poorest people. It was completely unnecessary. Agatha, Surrey
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